Just worried if I lose my phone someday , so I would like to be prepared ,

Thanks for the info

VW

03-26-2009, 03:55 PM

TXLady

No, you can't clone your SIM.

Additionally, you cannot use an expired SIM for anything. It's worthless.

If you want to be prepared in case of loss, purchase a new unused SIM either from ebay or just purchase an extra prepaid SIM from TMO and don't activate it until you need it. (@$6.99 with free shipping, that's probably close to what you'd pay on ebay.)

First thing you want to do if you ever lose your phone is notify TMO so they can shut it off, hopefully before someone uses up any balance you may have. Even if the balance is used up before you shut it off, you still will most likely want to keep your phone number. If you have a blank, unused SIM, you can simply have customer care switch the number over to the new SIM, stick it in another phone and you'll be good to go.

I did this for my Dad when his phone was stolen and it was very easy and done over the phone.

03-26-2009, 04:31 PM

Mango808

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Originally Posted by carrolldf

Additionally, you cannot use an expired SIM for anything. It's worthless.

You can still use that SIM card to copy your contacts to (minus the email, IM, or address info) along with some of your SMS messages. I've got several deactivated SIM cards now that I have my current phone contacts on that I can use to put in a new phone and copy them from. Better than trying to bluetooth them one by one or entering them one by one.

Also you can use these deactivated SIM cards to put in a spare/old phone so that you can access the other parts of the phone you wouldn't be able to unless it has a SIM in it. Some guys have mentioned using an old SIM in an old phone just to play the games they had on that phone.

03-26-2009, 05:31 PM

TXLady

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Originally Posted by Mango808

You can still use that SIM card to copy your contacts to (minus the email, IM, or address info) along with some of your SMS messages. I've got several deactivated SIM cards now that I have my current phone contacts on that I can use to put in a new phone and copy them from. Better than trying to bluetooth them one by one or entering them one by one.

Also you can use these deactivated SIM cards to put in a spare/old phone so that you can access the other parts of the phone you wouldn't be able to unless it has a SIM in it. Some guys have mentioned using an old SIM in an old phone just to play the games they had on that phone.

Okay. I have not used a phone that I could not back up to the PC in some fashion for a long time. Even the old Nokias, I used the Nokia software to sync them to Outlook. I don't think I would ever again buy a phone that relied only on the limited functionality of the SIM card for my contacts but realize for most people, that's probably fine.

Guess I 've never had a game on a phone that was so wonderful it would be worth keeping the old phone (and old SIM) around just to play.

Some people don't know enough to use Phone synching/managing software or don't have the cables to easily do it. Some people don't have the option of buying data cables for every brand/model phone either and the SIM card is still something that they have that can be used in their phones (provided they are from the same carrier or unlocked).

They could have their new carrier transfer their contacts from the other carriers phones, but not all cell shops have the ability to do it for their customers.

I've been lucky enough to have data cables that came with some of my phones (i.e. Samsung Blackjack 1 and Blackjack 2) that work with my other Samsungs that I just needed to download the right version of PC Studio 3.x to use them.

Last time I needed to use a SIM to transfer contacts was for my T-Mobile Nokia 2610 which I didn't have a data cable to use with it.

03-26-2009, 09:29 PM

Extraordinary

You can use a sim card copier to move anything stored on your sim to another sim (eg: contacts) - You can get these for $1-$10 easily.

But the service is only per sim #, So if you want to use a new sim to make a call you would need to have it changed in the system.

05-03-2009, 04:25 PM

wa2ruff

All I can tell everyone is what I have. On ebay, you can search for super sim, and have a look at the 16 in 1 sim card reader/writer copier. I bought it, you will see it's cheap, comes with a programmer and one super sim card (you can buy more super sim cards separate). I followed the instructions on how to clone my AT & T sim card. It works great in my razr V3, but it doesn't work in my sony's. Now what I do is leave my regular sim in my SE that I use, and the super sim in the razr, which I take to work, and I don't have to keep swapping the sim out. I can't use both phones at the same time, and when I switch to the other one I have to make a call from it (it can be a one second call) to "activate" that phone.
So yes, the sim cards can be cloned, but it won't work with every phone. It's really cheap though, so you don't lose much if it doesn't work.

05-07-2009, 03:03 AM

djgershom

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Originally Posted by wa2ruff

All I can tell everyone is what I have. On ebay, you can search for super sim, and have a look at the 16 in 1 sim card reader/writer copier. I bought it, you will see it's cheap, comes with a programmer and one super sim card (you can buy more super sim cards separate). I followed the instructions on how to clone my AT & T sim card. It works great in my razr V3, but it doesn't work in my sony's. Now what I do is leave my regular sim in my SE that I use, and the super sim in the razr, which I take to work, and I don't have to keep swapping the sim out. I can't use both phones at the same time, and when I switch to the other one I have to make a call from it (it can be a one second call) to "activate" that phone.
So yes, the sim cards can be cloned, but it won't work with every phone. It's really cheap though, so you don't lose much if it doesn't work.

Did you unlock your sim card? i noticed "Some of the phone provider encoded (locked) the SIM card, we are not guarantee this product will fit your SIM card"

05-08-2009, 01:31 PM

wa2ruff

No, I didn't unlock anything, just put it in the programmer and followed the instructions

05-17-2009, 07:13 PM

toy_rn65

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Originally Posted by wa2ruff

No, I didn't unlock anything, just put it in the programmer and followed the instructions